Ben Feuerherd
Public Safety and Policing Reporter at WNYC (New York, NY)
Covering public safety and policing @wnyc @gothamist. Tips: [email protected]
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1 week ago |
gothamist.com | Ben Feuerherd
Several of the federal agents who arrested mayoral candidate Brad Lander at a Lower Manhattan immigration court Tuesday were wearing face coverings — a practice that's become increasingly common by federal law enforcement officers across the country. Masked federal agents took former Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi into custody in April, according to video of the arrest.
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2 weeks ago |
gothamist.com | Ben Feuerherd
New Yorkers are set to take to the streets to protest the Trump administration on Saturday – after days of mostly peaceful marches and rallies in the city against immigration enforcement. The demonstration planned in Manhattan on Saturday is part of “No Kings” protests being organized in hundreds of cities across the country. The rallies will coincide with a military parade organized by the Trump administration in Washington, D.C., to mark the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary.
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2 weeks ago |
gothamist.com | Ben Feuerherd
Officials from the New York City Department of Investigation have been monitoring the NYPD's response to anti-ICE demonstrations this week as part of a legal agreement reached after demonstrators in 2020 claimed police illegally arrested them as they protested the killing of George Floyd. Three DOI protest monitors walked along a large crowd of anti-ICE protesters on Tuesday as they marched through the street in Lower Manhattan.
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2 weeks ago |
gothamist.com | Ben Feuerherd
As protests over President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement escalate in Los Angeles, some New Yorkers are asking whether the same thing could happen here. On Sunday, Trump deployed California's National Guard against the wishes of California Gov. Gavin Newsom after three days of protests and unrest linked to federal immigration raids.
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1 month ago |
gothamist.com | Ben Feuerherd
A second suspect turned himself in Tuesday in what police say was the kidnapping and torture of a cryptocurrency investor in a house in SoHo.William Duplessie turned himself in to the NYPD’s major case squad at the 13th Precinct with his attorneys at about 7:45 a.m., a police spokesperson said. Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said in an appearance on FOX 5 Tuesday morning that Duplessie will face kidnapping and false imprisonment charges.
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